Volleyball Game Preview: Fremd Vikings vs. Palatine Pirates

By Team Reports Oct 8, 2024, 1:35am

Volleyball Preview: Fremd Vikings vs. Palatine Pirates

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Fremd is 8-2 against Palatine since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Fremd Vikings and the Palatine Pirates are set to duel. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Fremd sitting on five straight victories and Palatine on four.

Last Tuesday, Fremd earned a 2-0 win over Hoffman Estates.

Fremd easily took the second set, but they let things get interesting in the other. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-9.

Meanwhile, Palatine narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Lake Zurich 2-1.

In the two sets Palatine was on fire: they won each by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 25-14, 25-11.

Fremd's win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-6. As for Palatine, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-8 record this season.

Fremd was able to grind out a solid victory over Palatine in their previous meeting back in September, winning 2-0. Will Fremd repeat their success, or does Palatine have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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